Lacyedferro. ‘ Adam Gyorgy Plays F. Liszt : La campanella, 2003. YOUTUBE. Created 28 Sept. 2006. Accessed 3 Oct. 2011
Adam Gyorgy is the artist for this performance on Liszt's La Campanella. Being a Hungarian, this gives the reason to a good performance in terms of interpretation as Liszt himself is also a Hungarian; he brings about, in my opinion, a connection of understanding and the Hungarian spirit through the music.
In this performance, Adam Gyorgy has followed mostly on the score written. The dynamics of this piece is generally obeserving the piano and pianissimo, in which he has successfully observed.
The articulation of this piece is generally staccato, having many wide leaps in the notes. Adam Gyorgy has managed this very well, sustaining the momentum and flow of the music, rather than to play in a way where the audience could hear the difficulty in mastering the wide leaps.
There is a part of the performance that reveals his interpretation of the music. That is, in 1:13 to 1:30, where he played the music in a slower tempo. This was done although there isn't any indication by Liszt to slow down. The intention, I infer, is that Adam Gyorgy wanted to bring out and emphasise the main theme from the left hand melody. In my opinion, this is not necessary because the main theme is already emphasized by its own as Liszt has intended to when he repeated it like recapitulation.
The speed intended for the piece is Allegretto, in which I felt that Adam Gyorgy played to it, although it may seem quite fast as Allegretto for some, however I felt it was a good speed chosen.
The sound quality in this video from Youtube was good and clear. No signs of muffled sounds or bad clarity observed here.
My first impression while listening to this piece played by Adam Gyorgy was that he is a fantastic virtuosic pianist, with very good finger technique as he could easily overcome wide leaps, playing it very steadily and evenly.
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